Rodents - November 18

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Today is Play Monopoly Day, Mickey Mouse Day, Princess Day, Apple Cider Day, Vichyssoise Day, and William Tell Day.

Native American Heritage Month Resource - Queen Lili‘uokalani | Unladylike2020
Drum Month Resource of the Day - Let's Learn - The Sound of Drums as a Language

On This Date
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Rodents
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ON THIS DATE

• 1928 -  Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" starring Mickey Mouse, premieres in New York.
• 1978 -  In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a murder-suicide that claims 918 lives
• 2003 - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 4-3 that the state constitution guarantees gay couples the right to marry.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1787 - French inventor Louis-Jacques Daguerre
• 1836 - English lyricist William Gilbert
• 1861 - Journalist and advice columnist Dorothy Dix
• 1901 - Statistician George Gallup
• 1908 - Actor and comedian Imogene Coca
• 1909 - Composer Johnny Mercer
• 1928 - Astronaut  and Derry, NH native Alan B. Shepard
• 1939 - Canadian author Margaret Atwood
• 1975 - Baseball player David Ortiz
• 1985 - Fashion designer Christian Siriano

SONGS OF THE DAY 

• Pirates of Penzance - I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major General  - LISTEN
• Johnny Mercer - Accentuate the Positive - LISTEN
  

THEME:  RODENTS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Miami Mice with The Count (5:04) -  VIEW
• Grades K-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Beavers (Available in Spanish) (4:42) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Greatest Creature Builder (1:40) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-3 - PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - Building a Beaver Pond (1:49) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 1-5 - PBS LearningMedia - Kratts Creatures - Beavers Have Lumberjack Teeth (2:32) - VIEW 
• Grades 3-12 - PBS LearningMedia - WildTV - Squirrel Rehabilitation (4:44) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 3-6- NHPBS - NatureWorks - Adaptation - Beavers (14:58) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-10 - PBS LearningMedia - Prairie Dogs (Available in Spanish) (2:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS - Wildlife Journal Junior - Rodentia - READ
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nova -  Do Rats Feel Empathy? (3:34) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Rescuing and Relocating Beavers (6:55) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Deep Look - Watch These Frustrated Squirrels Go Nuts (3:10) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Deep Look - Kangaroo Rats Are Furry, Spring-Loaded Ninjas (4:06)  - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Nature - Chipmunk Showdown (2:25) -VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - It's Okay to Be Smart - How Do Squirrels Find Their Nuts? (2:08) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - It's Okay to Be Smart - Beavers: The Smartest Things in Fur Pants (4:41) - VIEW

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NHPBS EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (801) More Options

AUSTIN CITY LIMITS - Foo Fighters
Saturday, 11/18 from 11 pm-12 am NHPBS EXPLORE
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame icons Foo Fighters return to rock Austin City Limits in an epic hour featuring classics alongside highlights from their acclaimed recent album But Here We Are. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 Comcast (965) More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Scenes from the Glittering World
Saturday, 11/18 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Following three Indigenous students, Scenes from the Glittering World is a meditation on adolescence, trauma, and the power of connecting with an isolated Navajo homeland. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

POV - Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust
Saturday, 11/18 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Three communities intersect, sharing histories of forced removal - Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at the Manzanar WWII concentration camp, Native Americans who were forced from these lands, and ranchers turned environmentalists, who were bought out by the LA Department of Water and Power. How do they come together in the present moment to defend their land and water from Los Angeles? POV Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339